David Wagner and four ex-Huddersfield Town players all set for big Bundesliga restart

David Wagner and former Town players all set for the big restart in Germany.

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The former Town boss will forever be remembered in this part of West Yorkshire for taking the Terriers to the Premier League and then keeping them there in 2017/18.

Now in charge of Schalke, Wagner is set for a huge clash against rivals Borussia Dortmund on Saturday afternoon.

Schalke are sixth whilst Dortmund lie second ahead of their 2.30pm meeting.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Fortuna Düsseldorf welcome SC Paderborn 07 in a game that sees two former Terriers go up against each other.

Midfielder Abdelhamid Sabiri, who was released by Town in August, is likely to turn out for Paderborn whilst Zanka is now on loan at Dusseldorf.

The Danish centre-back, who has on loan from Fenerbahce since January, has made six appearances for his current side.

Saturday evening (5.30pm) sees another erstwhile Town defender in action.

Erik Durm made 30 appearances in his one season at the John Smith's Stadium in 2018/19.

He departed last summer to join Eintracht Frankfurt. Their return to action sees them host Borussia Monchengladbach.

Another ex-Terrier, Chris Lowe, is also in Germany at second division side Dynamo Dresden.

Chris Lowe was a popular figure at Town.

Lowe departed West Yorkshire after three seasons, heading back to Germany for family reasons.

However, Lowe will not be in action this weekend as Dresden placed their entire squad and coaching staff into two-week isolation after two players tested positive for coronavirus.

Lowe's side were due to face Hannover 96 on Sunday.

Ivan Paurevic, who played just twice for Town in the 2016-17 season, is also in the German second tier.

Ivan Paurevic made just two appearances for Town.

His Sandhausen team travel to Erzgebirge Aue on Saturday.

The behind-closed-doors games will be viewed with great interest in England, where plans to get the Premier League and Championship season back underway under similar circumstances are currently being put together.